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Cognitive Neuroscience
To prevent overloading the memory system, the brain may have a mechanism that tosses out certain types of memories.
What you see is what you hear.
The research could aid the development of more effective treatments for conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Fathers’ brains adjust their structure and function to parenthood.
A recent study reveals how nerve insulation becomes impaired in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
In an animal study, it blocked the drug from crossing into the brain.
Bilingualism confers various mental health and social benefits. Perhaps knowing a second alphabet confers even more.
An independent researcher looks into why there's such strong opposition to her research.
Ancient humans may have evolved to slumber efficiently — and in a crowd.
"In our studies, people who are more intelligent don’t mind wander so often when the task is hard but can do it more when tasks are easy."
New memories appear to be stabilized in the brain by a neurotransmitter called gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).
Maybe the brain isn't "classical" after all.
Giving speech to the speechless.
Recent discoveries about bodily awareness have changed how scientists think about the nature of consciousness.
The "love hormone" might be an unexplored treatment for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia.
Their neurons are very different from "normal" people.
It's time for Tetris.
The answer may depend on your lifestyle.
Studying neuroscience through art.
Meditators invert the relationship between the layers of self-processing.
When other treatments fail, this radical surgery could help.
The researchers suggest that their results demonstrate intelligence in silico.
Psychologists are exploring this creepy feeling of having already lived through an experience before.
Which one is the funniest?
An increase in genetic regulatory elements explains how modern humans evolved bigger brains than other hominins.
The same brain differences that contribute to left-handedness also contribute to psychotic disorders. But there's a bright side.
The DARPA-funded memory prosthesis helps the brain retain new information.
Fiona Broome remembered Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s (he didn't). Oddly, many people had the same false memory.